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BHowell Added a comment about feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:37am
I wholeheartedly agree with you. And to your point, I state that the UCI should shell out for the riders. Also, broaden your scope, I am not just talking about gravity events. But, since you mentioned it, why would any company have a gravity team anyway? I know first hand (and you may know as well) that DH bike sales are down. Why should a company spend so much to have a gravity team? Answer: because DH races sell trail bikes. It is marketing and it moves units. Again, I say this as someone from inside the industry with first...
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BHowell Added a comment about feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:28am
The point here was to point out the low prize money and chide the governing bodies to put up some money for our heroes. Our sport (all elements) is on the rise and I foresee a tipping point where the riders/companies/promotors will have to sort out which one is the key player. Crowds fill hills and tune in online to watch the riders. No riders, no show. If the media outlets don't cover the race, nobody can watch and we all lose. If there are no events, how will we know who is best? It is all connected and I...
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BHowell Added a comment about feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:21am
I hear where you are headed but there are some key elements missing here: Road and Track do not make up 95% of the UCI revenue, I wrote that in black and white and we provided a link to the financials. That is the old thought, MTB is growing, eclipsing other avenues in the sport. That 15 million Francs is AFTER all expenses, that is their final profit. I agree, that is not very much but definitely enough to share some more with the riders that draw the audiences. Also, while this site may be gravity skewed, I am drawing...
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JackRice Liked a comment about Feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:15am
Start new series, grab every sponsor known to man, jack up ticket prices, ADVERTISE, and pay our heroes what they deserve. Obviously there are massive holes in what I said but it is what it is, something has to give. Great article
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carll Liked a comment about Feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:15am
Tracks are getting faster and more dangerous by the year and these guys and girls definitely deserve better salaries. That said, no one is living off prize money alone. It's a nice bonus but the real money is made in sponsorship and endorsement deals, which placing well in races provides access to. Bike companies and major sponsors (RB etc) should be paying their athletes more. Listening to the Rennie podcast on here a few months back, it was disappointing to hear how little the Aussies were paid to ride in the early to mid 2000s. Perhaps if the pro riders...
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BHowell Added a comment about feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/25/2019 9:14am
Solid points all around, much like T-Rex pointed out. Payouts should go deeper. If you read the footnote, you'll see why we didn't take a look at rider's salaries: we have some gut feelings at who is/isn't making what kind of money but no hard data to back it. With regard to esports, the jump off for this article is the direct, first place payout being double that of a UCI race winner.
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TRex Liked a comment about Feature Prize Purse Strings: Drawn Too Tight?
2/24/2019 12:07pm
For me, this article highlights the fact that there should be a better payout to at least share a bit of the profit from the races, and those payouts should go a bit deeper in the field. Lets say you make the cut in the world cup, race in the top 20 or 25 qualifiers, and get RedBull TV coverage. You end up 11th, the payout is exactly $0 according to this. Even more insulting might be the 200 Euros for a tenth place finish: https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/financial-obligations/ucifinanc…
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BHowell Added a product review for 2018 Pyga Hyrax X01 Eagle Bike
1/26/2022 - 3:22pm
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sspomer Liked a comment about Blog Post Jesse Melamed X OneUp
2/15/2019 6:22am
#melashred for dayz. that was freaking sick!
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neologisticzand Liked a comment about Blog Post Jesse Melamed X OneUp
2/15/2019 6:22am
When I ride, I imagine this is what I look like. Far from the case, but hey, you have to aspire to something.
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jessemelamed Liked a comment about Blog Post Jesse Melamed X OneUp
2/15/2019 6:22am
I'm sure you're close!
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic My new calling
2/4/2019 7:45am
i thought this was going to be about an evil.
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t.odd Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/12/2019 12:51pm
e-kooks, e-kooks everywhere
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BHowell Added a comment about feature Princeton's Solution to Curbing Bike Theft - A Sticker?
12/28/2018 8:48am
It seems to me this is universities trying to protect children from the lessons their fathers tried to teach them. There's some solid humor in that. Good read Spomer, anybody that loves bikes would get a splash of nostalgia from this
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finanegans Liked a reply to forum topic 2020 Bike Wants
12/26/2018 12:32pm
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TRex Liked a reply to forum topic Grips Question
12/21/2018 8:16am
I like the Sensus Swayze grips, non-lock on. I feel like the grips with bar clamps almost always sacrifice a little cushion or give for the ease of taking them off. I don't really take my grips off though, as the brakes and shifter I use all have split clamps. For what its worth, I think for a pair it is like a tenth of a pound lighter too compared to ODI lockons. More comfy, cheaper, lighter. A couple dabs of super glue and I've never gone back to lockons.
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AdamZiegler52 Liked a reply to forum topic Grips Question
12/21/2018 8:15am
Sensus Swayze slip ons with "laced" safety wire forever
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TRex Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
12/21/2018 8:08am
You're not way off, there are lots of ways to look at it. I doubt V10 frames paid for the Syndicate. The Bronsons did, the Nomads did years back, the Blurs did. Santa Cruz, like many other brands, wanted to make themselves look cool. Maybe it was just a love of owning a team. Maybe it was developing a better DH bike, maybe it was learning and developing better trail bikes. There are many ways to slice it. I'd bet that most DH teams are a 'loss'. It is how they use that image to sell the bikes that really...
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TRex Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
12/21/2018 8:07am
YT is the one that pulled the plug, it wasn't Gwin asking for too much.
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BHowell Added a product review for Tioga Glide G3 Tire
1/26/2022 - 3:22pm
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